Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - In 2025, 108 (out of over 900) school districts were assigned the lowest performance level in chronic absenteeism for their total student population, while another 388 school districts were assigned the lowest performance level for at least one subgroup.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 80 Emergency Child Care Bridge Provides temporary child care services to children in foster care system and under age 13. Child care services are temporary until family finds longer ‑term child care solution. d 3,245 a Unless otherwise specified, child must be under age 13 and families must earn at or below 85  percent of the state median income to be eligible for subsidized child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - Spend 80   Percent of Annual Revenue on Instruction and Related Services. Charter schools must show that their prior ‑year expenditures on instruction and related services represents at least 80  percent of prior ‑year total revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

The 2022-23 Budget: Expanded Learning Programs

Feb 16, 2022 - Figure 2 Rate Structure and Programmatic Requirements for ELOP Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Budget Proposal Tier 1 80 percent or more in 2021 ‑22. 75 percent or more in 2022 ‑23. Less than 80 percent in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4545

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - . $900   Million in Safety Net Reserve. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package created the Safety Net Reserve to save money specifically for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Update on State and School District Reserves

Apr 5, 2020 - .) $900  Million in the Safety Net Reserve. The Safety Net Reserve currently has a $900 million balance. (These figures exclude the Proposition 98 School Reserve, which is described more in the next section.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4216

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on Per Capita Personal Income

Mar 30, 2017 - Adjusting for the new personal income data, we now estimate the guarantee would take roughly half of the first $1.2 billion in additional revenue, none of the next $900 million in revenue, and 50 cents for each additional dollar above the $2.1 billion mark.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3639

The Local Control Funding Formula for School Districts and Charter Schools

Jan 9, 2023 - LCFF Now Represents About 80   Percent of School Funding. As Figure  6 shows, out of the $95.5  billion Proposition  98 funding provided to K ‑12 education in 2022 ‑23, $75.5  billion went towards funding the LCFF for school districts and charter schools (about 80  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4661

The 2023-24 Budget: State and Federal One-Time K-12 Funding

Mar 10, 2023 - Specifically, the data shows that $1.2  billion (80  percent) of educator effectiveness funding and $622  million (24  percent) of state funding for ELOG were unspent at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4734

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2024 - As required by the measure, the state currently provides over $900  million for Proposition  28 activities, based on a statutory formula. Funds are distributed to schools based on overall enrollment and the share of their students who are low income or EL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4839